Transfer of plasmids among bacilli.
Plasmids were transferred from Staphylococcus aureus to Bacillus subtilis and between B. subtilis and several other species of Bacillus by protoplast fusion and regeneration. The plasmids replicate and express themselves normally in all bacilli examined.
D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D008722:Methods; D010957:Plasmids; D011523:Protoplasts; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*
D002701:Chloramphenicol